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Schemes are getting a taste for non-vanilla strategies

LGIM to lure clients with 'non-vanilla' LDI products
Published:  17 August, 2010

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) is preparing a massive expansion of its liability-driven investment (LDI) business this year.

Equity sell-offs put brakes on switch to bonds
Published:  16 August, 2010

The rush to fixed income by large defined benefit (DB) schemes has stalled after massive equity sell-offs in recent years.

Annuity Direct marks turf after GoCompare moves
Published:  10 August, 2010

We just grabbed it. If they want to buy it off me they can make me an offer.

Alternatives for smaller schemes
Published:  10 August, 2010

Smaller schemes can access socially useful infrastructure projects they have previously been priced out of, via an initiative by JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

Full steam ahead: the Merchant Navy Officer Pension Fund has surpassed expectations

Delegated consulting sets Navy on right course
Published:  09 August, 2010

Some of the first ever results from UK delegated consultants have revealed benchmark-beating returns.

LDI on the rise as funds look to manage risk
Published:  02 August, 2010

The credit crunch has led to an increase in pension funds allocating their assets to liability-driven investment (LDI) products.

Euro-shy schemes turn to UK corporate bonds
Published:  26 July, 2010

Schemes seeking to reduce their exposure to European government debt in light of the Greek crisis are buying sterling corporate, rather than other sovereign bonds.

Bond fund manager activism is vital
Published:  22 February, 2010

Trustees should expect their corporate bond managers to perform governance schecks on companies, before taking issuances from them, investment houses are warning.

Longevity swaps a victim of high prices
Published:  24 November, 2009

The fledgling longevity swap industry is under threat from soaring prices caused by "a sudden wall of demand", research shows.

State Street: Private equity on the up
Published:  03 July, 2009

Private equity is finally being seen in a more positive light by institutional investors, according to State Street.

Standard Life to remediate Sterling sufferers
Published:  23 January, 2009

Standard Life is to remediate certain customers of its Sterling Pension Fund, following its announcement that the value of the fund had dropped by 5%.

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